Wednesday, February 22, 2006

From the other side of the hill

Being outside London I don't see Nick in the Standard, and his latest hasn't been put uip on his site yet. So while we're waiting, a curiosity.

This is a translation by the Jamestown Foundation of an article posted at an Islamist website. Take a look and tell me if you don't see some generic similarities with a certain passionate idealist engaged in the greatest intellectual struggle of our time.

"Where is the support for jihad in the manifestos of Islamic [political] movements?…Where is the Muslim funding for those who fight while these [individuals] spend thousands on elections, festivals and conferences, which contain naught but empty words? Where is the support for jihad in the media [statements] of these movements?"